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personnel and budget indicated are those which it now appears necessary to 

 commit to have a sustained surveillance program through the Coast Guard 

 to meet EPA objectives. It should be noted, however, that this surveillance 

 program and the studies associated with ocean disposal will probably be 

 integrated into an overall coastal and oceanic monitoring network and that 

 the personnel and budget indicated specifically for the ocean dumping programs 

 will also continue toward this overall effort. 



COST OF !P/lPLEMENTmG THE MARINE PROTECTION ACT 

 [In millions of dollars] 



1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1975 1977 



Budget authority 



Obligations _ 



Outlays . 



Man-years 



Mr. DixGELL. Mr. Eogers ? 



Mr. Rogers. Mr. Ruckelshaus ? It is good to see you. 



Just to pursue for a moment the question on solid wastes, what is the 

 Administration's request for funds ? Wha^ are your requests for funds ? 



Mr. Ruckelshaus. I don't have those figures before me, Mr. Rogers. 

 T can pro^ade them for you. We have requested in our Solid Waste 

 Office as we inherited it, a budget of approximately $17 million. We 

 have requested in our supplemental request which is still in the process 

 of approval more money for the purposes of new and imiovative 

 demonstration projects under the Resource Recovery Act. And in 

 addition to that, we have requested additional funds for the fiscal year 

 1972 submission for this same purpose, for new and innovative demon- 

 stra,tion projects, and also for all of the studies which we were 

 required to make under the Resource Recovery Act. 



Mr. Rogers. What is your 1972 request ? It is only about $17 million, 

 isn't it ? 



Mr. Ruckelshaus. No, it is more than that. 



Mr. Rogers. Wliat is your figure? 



Mr. Ruckelshaus. I can't give you the figure now, because there 

 was a separate request in the budget that was sent to Congress of $85 

 million. 



Mr. Rogers. For how much? 



Mr. Ruckelshaus. Eighty-five million dollars. This did not just 

 cover the Solid Waste Office of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

 This was because our agency came into existence so late in the budget 

 cycle that the Office of Management and Budget gave us this extra 

 $85 million to meet the additional needs that we would have as an 

 agency. This budget information will be submitted as soon as we have 

 allocated the funds. 



Mr. Rogers. This hasn't come up to the Congress yet? 



Mr. Ruckelshaus. Eighty-five million dollars has come up, but 

 there has been no designation as to what the request represents. 



Mr. Rogers. You don't know whether you will get an}' of it for Solid 

 Waste or not ? 



Mr. Ruckelshaus. We have requested some of it for that purpose. 

 I can't tell you the exact figure at this time, because I can't recall. 



Mr. Rogers. What is your 1972 budget request for solid waste, which 



